Power Quotes

If you are distressed by something, it is due to your own estimate of it; and you have the power to change it at will.

No government knows any limits to its power except the endurance of the people.

Everyone has it within his power to say, this I am today, that I shall be tomorrow.

The wreckage of stars - I built a world from this wreckage.

Power over others is weakness disguised as strength.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

Calmness is the cradle of power.

The power of the word in Morocco belonged to men and to the authorities. No one asked the point of view of poor people or women.

The more centralized the power, the less compromises need to be made in architecture.

There is a God part in you. The consciousness. The pure Self. Learn to listen the voice of that Power.

Standing in our power requires us to let go of the need to make others like us & instead stand committed to honoring ourselves.

The goal of life is not to possess power but to radiate it.

For where the instrument of intelligence is added to brute power and evil will, mankind is powerless in its own defense.

Tell of his wondrous faithfulness, And sound his power abroad; Sing the sweet promise of his grace, And the performing God.

So strong is the power of superstition that even though we know that we have been reverencing a sham, yet still we hesitate to admit the validity of our new-found convictions.

A church that likes power likes prayer.

Just as a circle embraces all that is within it, so does the God-head embrace all. No one has the power to divide this circle, to surpass it, or to limit it.

The same arguments which go to show that knowledge is power, that the condition of a people is improved in proportion as the masses are educated, have their application with equal weight to the deaf.

There are always risks in challenging excessive police power, but the risks of not challenging it are more dangerous, even fatal.

This is the real power of habit: the insight that your habits are what you choose them to be.

Femininity is a lot of power. It's allure. And the moment you start competing directly with a man, it's not that fun.

Strange as it may sound, the power of mathematics rests on its evasion of all unnecessary thought and on its wonderful saving of mental operations.

When obedience ceases to be an irritant and becomes our quest, in that moment God will endow us with power.

the power of philosophy floats through my head.. light like a feather, heavy as lead.

What is the source of sadness, but feebleness of the mind? What giveth it power but the want of reason? Rouse thyself to the combat, and she quitteth the field before thou strikest.

I've always been a spiritual person who believed in a Higher Power. So, I've always had my 1-on-1 with God, even if I wasn't much of a religious person.

Believe in the power of your own voice. The more noise you make, the more accountability you demand from your leaders, the more our world will change for the better.

A mermaid has not an immortal soul, nor can she obtain one unless she wins the love of a human being. On the power of another hangs her eternal destiny.

It was clear to me, as I glanced back over my earlier life, that a loving Providence watched over me, that all was directed for me by a higher power.

Love begets courage, moderation creates abundance and humility generates power

Now I know the full power of evil. It makes ugliness seem beautiful and goodness seem ugly and weak.

You have so much power to bring awareness, prevention and change.

To give away money is an easy matter and in any man's power. But to decide to whom to give it and how large and when, and for what purpose and how, is neither in every man's power nor an easy matter.

After an hour your power goes sour.

No one can give us power. If we aren’t part of the process of taking it, we won’t be strong enough to use it.

God often showcases his power on the stage of human weakness.

Real power is achieved when the ruling class controls the material essentials of life, granting and withholding them from the masses as if they were privileges.

The real wonders of life lie in the depths. Exploring the depths for truths is the real wonder which the child and the artist know: magic and power lie in truth.

Power is different when you combined it with wisdom. Wisdom allows you to use less power to accomplish more tasks.

Politics gives guys so much power that they tend to behave badly around women. And I hope I never get into that.

It is from weakness that people reach for dictators and concentrated government power. Only the strong can be free. And only the productive can be strong.

After the knowledge of, and obedience to, the will of God, the next aim must be to know something of His attributes of wisdom, power and goodness as evidenced by His handiwork.

I hope my kids see imagination has power to change everything.

True power and true politeness are above vanity.

Our danger is to think that happiness will come from outside of us, from the things we possess or the power of our group, and not from within us, from the inner sanctuary of our being.

Where there is no common power, there is no law

If one has got power, one must manifest it in action.

Opinions have greater power than strength of hands.

The best of all monopoly profits is a quiet life.

Government is nothing more than the combined force of society, or the united power of the multitude, for the peace, order, safety, good and happiness of the people.